Building block and wall construction



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Patented Feb. 17, 1925;

omen STATES ANTHONY M. ZbTTOLI, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUILDING BLOCK AND WALL CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed September 18, 1928. Serial No. 663,467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY M. Zo'rrom.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, county of Norfolk, State of Mas- 3 sachuset-ts, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Building Blocks and Vail Construction, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in building blocks and in wall construction. The invention especially relates to artificial blocks which are moulded out of plastic material. The main 15 object to the invention is to provide a building block of such form that a wall may be built up by the use of such blocks in a manner to provide vertical air spaces from top to bottom of the wall and between the several blocks in each course. said air spaces being entirely enclosed like a well, the air spaces in the wall making the interior of the building less subject to changes in temperature from the outside, either warm or cold.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description when taken in-connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the blocks embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is aplan view of a section of wall built up of blocks embodying the invention before back partition plates or the furring or laths are put on.

Fig. 3 is a plan view after the back partition plates are set up.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a section of the finished wall.

Fig. 5 is a plan view, partly in section, of a section of the finished wall.

Fig. 6 is a View in elevation from the inside of the completed wall, partly broken away.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a section of wall built up of blocks embodying the invention, suitable for a garage or the like, in which the inside face is left unplastered.

Fig. 8 is a top edge view and Fig. 9- is a view in elevation of one of the inside partition blocks.

Referring now to the drawings:

There is shown in Fig. 1 one of the blocks embodying the invention, comprising a head portion 1 of rectangular form havlng two flange portions 2, 2 extending at right angles to one face of the head portion 1. These two flange portions are spaced some distance apart from each other and they are also set in some distance from the ends of the block so that the end portions 3, 3 of the head of the block extend some distance beyond the flanges 2, 2-. The extension of each of said portions 3, 3 should be about one-half of the width of the space, between the two flanges 2. 2, preferably being a little less than one-half to allow for the thickness of the filling of mortar 5 between the blocks when the wall is built up, so that the cross sectional dimensions of the air spaces between two adjacent blocks in the finished wall will be of the same size as the spaces between the two flanges of each individual block. Each flange 2 is preferably formed with its side faces 6, 6 slightly converging or inclined toward each other from their point of connection with the head or body 1 toward the foot of the flange. Each flange is also abruptly narrowed in thickness toward the foot from a point somewhat back of the foot, forming two shoulders 7, 7 at the junction of the thinner portion 9 with the thicker portion for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

In the construction of the wall, the blocks will be laid up in courses breaking joints with each other something after the manner of laying up a wall of bricks, as shown in Fig. 4, the flat faces of the heads of the blocks forming theouter face of the wall and the flanges extending inwardly toward the inner face of the wall. They will be laid with slight spaces between the ends of adjacent blocks to allow, for a filling or mortar 5.

Thin, flat faced blocks 8 are rovided of the same height as the main uilding blocks and of a length nearly equal to the s ace between the thin portions 9, 9 of the anges of each block and in laying up the wall one of these blocks 8 in set up against the shoulders 7, 7, as shown in Fig. 3, being secured by mortar at 10, thus forming a rear side closure for the space between the two flanges 2, 2, so that there is thus roextensions of two adjacent blocks of the.

same size as the air space between the two flanges.

In ordinary house constructlon these filling blocks are preferably of less w dth than the thinned rtion 9 of the flanges so that when the said filling blocks 8 are laid in position, the said thinned portionsof the flanges extend some distance toward the 1nterior of the building beyond the face of said partition blocks or plates 8.

The building blocks will be laid in courses as in the ordinary manner of laying bricks, there being a layer of mortar 5 between each two courses of blocks, as shown in Fig. 4.

When used in the construction of ordinary houses, after the blocks have been thus laid up, one course after another, vertical straps or strips of furring 12 will be fastened to the inner ends of the flanges which may be done by driving nails 13 into the mortar between the different courses of blocks, and laths 14 will be attached to said furring, then plaster 16 will be applied to the laths.

On account of the partition blocks or plates being of less thickness than the horizontal thickness of the thinned portions 9 of the flanges, there will be provided an enclosed air space or well 17 between the lathe and the partition blocks 8, so that when the wall is completed there will be two entirely independent closed series of air spaces or wells 4 and 17 between the inner and outer walls. By reason of these-double series of air spaces, the air within the room will be doubly protected against changes in temperature outside. The air within the outer air space or well'4 will have to be first affected by the change of temperature and then this will have to pass through the partition plate 8 to affect the air in the inner air space 17 and this in turn will delay the change in temperature of the room itself.

In the modified form of building construction, the wall shown in Fig. 7, where cheap inside finish is desired and where it is not so important to guard the room from sudden changes, the furring, lathing and plastering are omitted and in such case, the partition blocks 8 are left uncovered. It is preferable, however, in order to provide a smooth inside finish to thewall to make the partition members 8 sufficiently thick to entirely fill the space between the shoulder 7 and the end of the flange. In this case there will be single inside vertical air space 4 instead of two series of air spaces within the wall.

What I claim is:

1. A wall for a building consisting of blocks laid up in courses, each block having a head and flanges extending at right angles thereto, a partition member extendlng across the space between each pair of adjacent flanges intermediate the inner and outer ends of the flanges, thereby forming vertical air passages in the wall, the said flanges extending beyond the plane of said partition members and a second set of partition members across the outer ends of said flanges thereby forming a second set of vertical air passages in the wall parallel with said first set of air passages. I

2. A wall for a building consisting of blocks laid up in courses, each block having a head and flanges extending at right angles thereto, each flange being for-med with a shoulder on each of its two faces intermediate its inner and outer ends, partition members extending across the space between each pair of adjacent flanges and seated upon said shoulders, thereby forming vertical air passages in the wall, the outer ends of said flanges extending beyond the plane of said partition members and a second set of partition members closing the spaces between the outer ends of said flanges thereby forming another set of vertical air passages in the Wall.

3. A wall for a building consisting of blocks laid up in courses, each block having a head and flanges extending at right angles thereto, a partition member extending across the space between each pair of adjacent flanges intermediate the inner and outer ends of the flanges, thereby forming vertical air passages in the wall, each surrounded by the head, two flanges and one of said partition members, the said flanges extending beyond the plane of said partition members and a second set of partition members across the outer ends of said flanges thereby forming a second set of vertical air passages in the wall parallel with said first set of air passages, each of said second set of passages being surrounded by the rear extension of two flanges and one of the said first set of partition members and second partition member, each vertical passage being en tirely shut off from the other passages.

4. A wall for a building consisting of blocks laid up in courses, each block having a head and flanges extending at right angles to the head, each flange being formed with a shoulder on each of its two faces intermediate its inner and outer ends, partition plates extending across the space between each pair of adjacent -flanges and seated upon saidshoulders, thereby forming veranother set of vertical air passages each enclosed by one of said first set of partition plates, the extended portion of two flanges and said last partition.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ANTHONY M. ZUTTULI. 

